MARK BLUNDELL
I finished fifth and parked up against the pit wall straight after the chequered flag! Rubens and I have spoken about the incident since and had a laugh about it – and he says he would have done the same to me! The result was a big achievement, but McLaren was a team where only winning made sense, so the post-race celebrations were a bit muted. For me, though, it was a nice result, especially as it was at the start of the McLaren-Mercedes relationship.
The British Grand Prix is always such a big event for any British F1 driver and there is something very special about coming through the gates. The heritage is in tune with places like Monza and Monaco, and it is a really challenging track. Fast, flowing, we all love it – and there is nothing better than a British Grand Prix crowd. They are passionate, educated and they really understand their racing.
I have had many other memorable occasions there, right back to the domestic races in Formula Ford 1600, which was the baseline for so many of us. There was a group of us who all grew up together and ended up in F1 – the infamous Rat Pack of Johnny Herbert, Eddie Irvine, Bertrand Gachot, Damon Hill, Perry McCarthy, Julian Bailey. If you look back over the years, I do not know that there is any other crop of so many guys to do that.
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Blundell exits Copse corder at the 1995 British Grand Prix
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